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mm TYKC, ILLINOIS. BUDGET. SfltF % < f > : IPftsh Intelligence from Every Part of the Civilized V' • "* • World. ' f " • •*'" ' . s i llnreifo and Domestic HewSf Political "*• Events, Personal Points, Labor 9 v Votes, Etc. 'm >* M: S^""' PISPATCBKa, _ LIFE IN IRELAND. p f : . m- ft Xaadeville Tans oa Hia Jailer--Evic­ tions at Wexford--A Picture of Tullamere - A CABUI dispatch from Dublin rays: •1 writ baa been sworn out by Mr. Mande- ville against the governor of Tullamore prison for assault. The charges are based upon the treatment he received at the time Ms clothes were stripped off by the prison anthorities. The eviction of Foley, a ten­ ant on Col. Tottenham's estate at Wexford, was resisted. The house was barricaded and boiling water and stones were thrown at the evicters. The officers secured a tiro engine and drenched the tenants, who sur­ rendered. Ton arrests were made." GLOOMY TtTLLAVORK. The prison buildings at Tullamore, In which Ifitor O'Brien and Mr. Mandeville are in­ carcerated, bare a very imposing exterior. Over the entrance is a large tablet bearing an IncxlpUoa recording the fact that the founda­ tion stone of the building was laid in the fourth year of tbe reign of his gracious majesty King George IV. by Baron Tullamore, til* lord of the soil. In the prison there is accommodation for 209 prisoners. A small portion of the jail :s used for female prisoners, of whom there are rarely more than a dozen in­ carcerated at one time. The jail was not used (or prisoners under Mr. Forster's act. The ecipal bard labor carried on in the jail has t pumping water, and, for prisoners not Sentenced to hard labor, sack-making. > MR CARLISLE TALKS. Speaker Confident that Congress Will Effect a Redaction of Import Duties, r ; - %ITH regard to prospective legislation lm the tariff Speaker Carlisle is reported by a Washington correspondent as Baying: "I have every reason to believe that an equita- trie reduction on imports wi 11 be effected during tbe coming session. I expect we shall develop tbe same opposition with which we have always had to contend. The Kepubiicans will undoubt­ edly be found in the position which they have always held. The protectionists will wage as i bitter a warfare as ever, but the reform must mme. As to the reports which I have seen in' the papers that a tariff bill is now in course of preparation I will say that as yet absolutely nothing has been done to formulate a measure]' Ton have seen the stories with regard to your Intentions toward Mr. Randall?' 'Yes, I have seen them. I can say nothing whatever on that subject. As I have already indicated, I am not tbe Speaker of the next House as yet. When I have been elected it will be time enough to t*ltr about these things.' * , ' NEWARK'S NUMEROUS REDS. Wmn that They May Cause Tronljle In the Near Future. THE police of Newark, N. J., says a , talegram from that city, are convinced that eerious trouble with the anarchistic element is only a matter of time, and will develop aa soon as a labor strike of any magnitude Oocurs. There is a very large foreign-bom population. The Irish are to a man op­ posed to anarchist doctrines and look upon the anarchists with utter contempt. Among large German, Bohemian, and Slavo- however, the seeds of been industriously sown, was asked fcy tbe pweeeuttsg state bis views. -We do net fight against any paittealar OWN ernmanV said Most *W« do art especially fight tbeCtoverntneat at tbe tr«rit5TBtatosTWe •re opposed to Government as s«eh; we think that tbe power held by the Government should be abolished." Most said that tbe 'rating classes" were In rebellion, and It wae possible that even what tbe people had--the Constitu­ tion of the United States--would be taken away. Hi* motto wae, "Education for organi­ sation ; organisation te put down tbe re­ bellion of the capitalistic class." "We do not expect that tbe capitalistic claases will give up what they have peaceably. There will be fierce fighting on both sides." "Bombs and dynamite?* asked lfr. Nicoll. -Yes, oa both 7V%*-- , - ^ Sides." you tan, by force if you in Cory. We believe force will be necessary in peaceal "That is bly if hia- ,W lied Two Indians. VicfSFll, LOCKE, a big stockman and merchant at Antlers Station, Indian Ter- ritoiy, was startled from his breakfast by tbe entering into bis house of Jack Witts, aChoctaw, and an unknown Indian, with pistols in their hands. Mrs. Locke met the men at the door, and felled one with a atick of slove-wood. Meanwhile Mr. Locke bad got his rifle, and, before they could fire, he shot both Indians dead. H fn, * W rw Most CheerftiL KLW TOBX telegram: ANM»]|I«T Moat teemed to be quite cheerful when a re­ porter called at his cell in the Tombs. "Of course we shall appeal to the higher courts, as in the Sharp case," he said. •My case is somewhat similar to his, and I hope for a reversal of the judgment. It >i|pstbe so for the sake of free speecfp* V Sparks from the Wires. J"' *' ^ TOM CONNORS, of Pittsburg, offers to Wrestle Evan Lewis in Chicago for 1250 a side. DIPHTHERIA is alarmingly prevalent at Montreal. There wen thirty-two deaths from the disease last week, and it shows no aigns of abating. A COLORED woman named Collins, who was once a servant of General Jackson, tea died in Nashville, Tenn., aged 118 jeata. THE revenues of the Government for the month of November amounted to about $30,600,000. The disbursements were un­ usually heavy, over $18,000,000 being paid out on account of pensions alone, an d it is estimated that the public debt increased by nearly a million dollars. IT is said that Hetiry S. Ives has foand substantial backers who will place him in •ontrol of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad. FRENCH and English shipbuilders are negotiating with the principal iron manu­ facturers of Bilboa, Spain, with the object of establishing extensive naval yards in the province of Biscay, and it is stated that the Spanish government will enter into con­ tacts with them for the building of men- f""v Y;."Y BAST. ( THE New York Court of Appeals has re- Massed tbe decision in the case of Jacob Bharp and ordered a new trial. The aged boodler, when the news Was broken to him, manifested no emotion whatever, and aeemed even to take but little interest in the •Better. Since his conviction he has fallen into a moody, stolid state of indifference to all outward things from which it seems im­ possible to arouse him. T. V. POWDEBIA is in New York collect­ ing information to be used by the Knights of Labor in their attempt to induce the Government to establish a telegraph system. «* its own. He states that he will officially answer all charges of reckless expenditure by the General Executive Board during the last year. His arrangements to visit Eu- BSpears complete. He expects to leave Bps'May. | 1 JOHAKW MOST appeared in the witness- in his own behalf at New York, and Aeaied that be bad made use of the violent language attributed to him. In his charge the Jury, the Judge said that he failed ,to find anything in the speech of the de­ fendant as he gave it at the trial that came ^Ufcittlhe statute; but after being out over fo*r hours the jury returned with the verdict that he was guilty a? charged in tbe indict 'Your idea Is to oonqi "ly force if you nanst. V" time." Mrf Nicoli aeked Most aa to bis belief in a supreme being. Answer--*1 do not." Mr. Howel his counsel, tried to mena matters. He said : \ "Do you believe in a great First Cause?" "I say.t said Most, ' aa Socrates did, ws know that we do not know." NEW YORK telegram: Anarchist Most seemed to be quite cheerful when a re­ porter called at his cell in the Tombs. "Of course we shall appeal to the higher courts, as in the Sharp case," he said. "My case is somewhat similar to his, and I hope for a reversal of the judgment. It must be so for the sake of free speech." TOM COKMOBS, of Pittsburg, offers to wrestle Evan Lewis in Chicago for #350 a side. WEST. ' A BOiuut exploded in the hotel known as the Kirby House, in' Milwaukee, Wis., and one woman was instantly killed, a number of others fatally injured, and some seriously hurt. In all, fifteen persons were wonnded. . AN Indianapolis special says: "Stories of cruel and inhuman treatment of pris­ oners in tbe Indiana reformatory for women and girls caused Governor Gray to make an investigation, which was concluded to­ day. He says he found the inmates were afraid to give testimony in the presence of officers of the institution, and it became necessary for him to request the latter to withdraw from the room where the investi­ gation was conducted. The prisoners talked freely after that All agreed that the cat-o'-nine tails was often used upon their bare backs, and some of them bore deep marks of their punishment. Another mode of chastisement was to thrust tl.e hands of tbe prisoners through holes in a door and keep them in this position from one to three days with handcuffs. The Governor will at once recommend a reform in the management of the institution." VICTOR M. LOCKE, a big stockman and merchant at Antlers Station, Indian Ter­ ritory, was startled from his breakfast by the entering into his house of Jack Watts, a Choctaw, and an unknown Indian, with pistols in their hands. Mrs. Locke met the men at the door, and felled one with a stick of stove-wood. Meanwhile Mr. Locke had got his rifle, and, before they could fire, he shot both Indians dead. soum A*TEB the most exciting campaign' in the history of Georgia, the Prohibitionists were defeated at Atlanta and in Fulton County by a majority of 1,122. Four vears ago the county was carried by the Prohibitionists by 223 majority. Hereafter whisky will flow free as water in. the capi­ tal city of Georgia. An Atlanta dispatch says: The principal fight made on prohibition dur­ ing the campaign was that it did not prohibit, and that intoxicating drinks could be openly purchased in a number of places throughout the city, which paid taxes to the United states Government for the sale of whisky. Thous­ ands of gallons have been sent in each month from cities around Atlanta, from which it was almost as easy to get a jug aa it was at barB in the city. The ant is claimed that prohibition injured the city, which w«s receiving >6.000 a year in whisky liscenees without increasing in the slightest the amount of whisky sold in the city. The Prohibit miats, on the ether hand, claim­ ed that Atlanta never bad prohibition ; that while it was to voted years ago, the licenses then existing did not expire at some of them until almost a year ago. and that since that time tbe domestic whte clause in the local option bill allowel many places In the city by ^ic&JlHU^ turc, which put a license of 11,00.) on all wine-rooms, which license will go Into offset after Jan. 1. A MIKKEOLA (Texas) dispatch states that a heavy wind-storm blew down a ball in that place during the progress of a dance held by colored people. Five persons ware killed and about twenty injured. About seventy persons Were in the hall when it collapsed. Six of the injured have arms or legs broken. The killed are: Thomas Hardeman, Jack Wilson, Reuben Garrett, Fannie Benson, and Rose Benson. A COLORED woman named Collins, who was once a servant of General Jackson, has died in Nashville, Tenn., aged 118 yeaia. . »' I WASHINGTON. j j THS President has appointed the fol­ lowing-named Postmasters: Bobert N. Carpenter, at Andubon, Iowa, vice E. S. Foster, removed; Anna E. Batcliff, at .<&. marron, Kan., vice W. W. Dill, removed/ George Daniel, at Sandusky, Ohio, vice C. M. Keyes, removed; George M. Larne, at Colfax, W. T., vice James Benton, re­ signed. WITH regard to prospective legislation on the tariff Speaker Carlisle is reported by a Washington correspondent as saying: "I have every reason to believe that an equity ble reduction on imports will be effected during the coming session. I expect we shall develop the same opposition with which we have always had to contend. The Kepubiicans will undoubt­ edly be found in the position which they have always held. The protectionist* will wage as bitter a warfare as ever, but the reform must come. As to the reports which I have seen in the papers tlw.t a tariff bill is now in oourse of preparation I will say that as yet absolutely nothing has been done to formulate a measure.' *You have seen the stories with regard to yon'r intentions toward Mr. Randall?' 'Yes, I have seen them. I can say nothing whatever on that subject. As I have already indicated, I am not the Speaker of the next House as yet. When I have been eleeted it wfll be time enough to talk about these things.1" THE revenues of the Government for the month of November amounted to about $30,500,000. The disbursements were un­ usually heavy, over $18,000,000 being paid out on account of pensions alone, ana it is estimated that the public debt increased by nearly a million dollars. FOREIGR,~ CHASUU A. GILXIIg, of the American Exchange, London, says that Mr. Glad­ stone will visit this country in April and make a sir weeks' tour of the country. "Mr. Gladstone," said Mr. Gillig, "has so far overcome his dread of an ocean voyage that be will make a short trip to this country iu tbe spring. One thing that tended to bring about this change of mind in Mr. Glad­ stone was the fact that his physicians havo long advised him that an ocean voyage would be beneficial to his health, and as be has always cherished a desire to visit this country, now that his dread of the ocean has been conquered, he embraces the op­ portunity eagerly." CABLE dispatches on Saturday from tbe French capital thus ontline the wfaiation at that date: President Grevy still stubbornly resists the demands for his immediate resignation. The press unanimously condemns the prolonga- won of the crisis, be l'aix says l'rtsl- dent Grevy will not resign before he bas placed the republic in a safe posi­ tion. It declares that the Orleans princes ore very active and warns Republicans to reflect on the course they are takinc A meeting will be hsld in the Belleville quarter to-night to adopt measures, as ths call says, to conform to the situation. Councilor Vail- lant presided at a revolutionary mest- }®g in Salle de Fevrier last evening. Two thousand persons were present. Deputies Caxieiiuot and B&g|y delivered VioJent speeches directed against Ferry. The; aeaae eanoer has at ta Berlin, as it is Ranerally thoaght thai aoefc a dtsooveiy might in some way be adrant^eons to the Crown Prince, saya a eable dispafe h. The dieooverer ia a yoong physician. Dr. Sci eurlen, aa assistant at the Boyal Hos­ pital. Pending further experiment Dr. Scbeurlen prefers not to explain bis methods and the leanlts of his raaearch. Dr. Scheurlen is positive regarding his discovery, claiming that no loopholes for mistakes have been left; bnt before pub lishing his experiments he*%ishes to sub mit them to the members of his profession ia Berlin for their judgment. Cancer, by the way, has long been supposed to be the result of some micro-oiganism. Several of the most eminent microscopists have been at work on the same problem which Dr. Scheurlen hopes he bas solved. A CABLE dispatch from Dublin says "A writ has been sworn out by Mr. Mande- ville against the governor of Tullamore prison for assault. The charges are based upon the treatment he received at the time his clothes were stripped off by the prison authorities. The eviction of Foley, a ten­ ant on Col. Tottenham's estate at Wexford, was resisted. The house was barricaded and boiling water and stones were thrown at tbe evicters. The officers secured a fire engine and drenched the tenants, who sur­ rendered. Ten arrests were made. OX.OOHT TULLAMORE. The prison buildings at Tullamore In which Editor O'Brien and Mr. Mandbvifie are in* carcerated, have a very imposing exterior. Over the entrance is a large tablet; bearing an incription recording the fact that the founda­ tion stone of the building was laid In the fourth year of the reign of his gracious majesty King George IV. by Baron Tullamore, the lord of the soil. In the prison there io accommodation for 309 prisoners. A small portion of the jail is used for female prisoners, of whom there are rarely more than a dozen in­ carcerated at one time. The jail was not used for prisoners under Mr. Forster's act. The principal bard labor carried on in the jail has been pumping water, and, for prisoners not tcntenced to hard labor, sack-making. FRENCH and English shipbuilders are negotiating with the principal iron manu­ facturers of Bilboa, Spain, with the object of establishing extensive naval yards in the province of Biscay, and it is stated that the Spanish government will enter into con­ tracts with them for the building cf men- of-war. GENERAL A NEW ORLEANS dispatch aaya: "The steamship Harlan, just arrived from Central America, reports that November 28 an armed * force of Nicaraguan soldiers boarded the American steamship W. S. Moore and schooner Nevada, both wholly owned by American citizens and duly licensed by the Mosquito Government to trade in the ports of that country, Tbe officers and crew abandoned everything to the captors, who, when their authority for the seizure was demanded, presented their muskets. The owners of the vessels are making an appeal to the Government of the United States for redress." THE sculling-race for tbe chsmpionship of the world between William Beach and Edward Hanlan on the Napean River at Sydney, Australia, was won by Beach. THE police of Newark, N. J., says a telegram from that city, are convinced that serious trouble with the anarchistic element is only a matter of time, and will develop as soon as a labor strike of any magnitude occurs. There is a very large foreign-born population. The Irish are to & man op­ posed to anarchist doctrines and look upon the anarchists with utter contempt Among the large German, Bohemian, and Slavo­ nian population, however, tbe seeds of anarchy have been industriously sown, and the German labor organizations are dangerously infected by anarchist ideas. DIPHTHERIA is alarmingly prevalent at' Montreal. There were thirty-two deaths from the diseaae last week, and it shows no signs of abating. _ »» « i»aui mac neuf B. Tves Eas found substantial backers who will place him ic control of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad. DUBUQUE'S BRIDGE DEDICATED. THE oompletion of the high bridge ovei the Mississippi Itiver at Dubuque was cel­ ebrated with great enthusiasm in that city. There was a procession and speech-mak- ing, and a large number of visitors wer* present from tbe surrounding country. A Dubuque dispatch says: The high-bridge celebration was a success. The morning was bright, and tbe city doco* rated for the occasion. The principal thor­ oughfares fluttered with flags and bunting. At an early hour great crowds began to pour in. All railroads leading to Dubuque brought theit? tribute, while thousands of country peo. pie from Illinois and Wisconsin entered the city over the new bridge. By 10 o'clock the city was Ailed with strangers. Great interest centered in ths parade, and long before the appointed hour ths streets along tint line of march were thronged with eager spec­ tators. The parade was the largest and most interesting of its character ever seen in Iowa. It .was over three, miles long, and the trade* display embraced every branch oUMBSiU- tore and commeroo iu tin city. MARKET REPORTS. „ * NEW YOBK. CATTLB..... .$8.00 Hoos. 4.75 WHEAT--Ifo. 1 White No. 2 Bed COBX--KO. % OATS--White foaa--New Mess „ „ CHICAGO. CaiSLa--Choice to Prime Steers Good Common .01 .87 .67 .88 15.00 0 8.75 0 5.60 «* .91* ~ ,88 .58* « .41 016.75 Hoos--Bblpping Grades FLOUR--Winter Wheas WHEAT--MA 3 Red Winter. . Conn--No. 2,s OATS--No. 2... !".!.! Burma--Choice Creamery. Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, new Boos--Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per bu. POBK--Mess MILWACKBB. WHEAT--Cash Conn--No. 3 *.... OATS-- No. 2 White.... *!!! . KYE--No. 1. ' ... POBK--Mess „ BT. LOCia WHEAT--No. A Bed CORN--Mired OATS--Cash. Poaa--Mess 0 5.78 0 4.78 & 3.25 a 5.30 0 4.25 <A .7ft* 0 .47 .80*9 .SI* .« A .38 .18 0 .28 .11*4 .12* .*> «« .81 •SO 0 .90 14.00 014.7J 5.25 4JOO 2.75 4.75 8.75 .76 .74 .48 WHEAT--Cash... CORN--Cash OATS--Casta TOLEDO. 0 .74* 0 •«* 0 .31 M <0 .68 18.76 014.88 .75** .78* .46** .47)4 .88 0 .29 18.78 614.26 .SI At M 8.78 4.90 .80 0 .49*4 .92 DETROIT, BEE* CATTLE Hoos BIIEKP WHEAT-No. 1 White CORN--No. X OATS-NO. 2 White „ R CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBK--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 PORK--Mess LIVE HOOS „ ... BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 Hani. CORN--No. 2 Yellow. CATTUI Hoos INDIANAPOLIS. BEEF CATTLE - 4.00 foos 4.00 8HKBP....JV 8.03 '.83 .48 .82 .81* .49* .20* 0 4.60 4 5.00 & 4.60 .81 & .82 M 0 .61 .84** M 14.29 4.75 .87 .64 4.(0 4.73 Tiu.cuv Bpeecnca directed against Ferry. They WHEAiwHol"a'Bedllll!!!!"*"" declared it necessary for tbe people to march CORM •••••• to the Hotel de Ville to prevent the King from OATS--Mixed " going to the 'luiJeriea. Resolutions were j EAST'LIBERTY •oept»cl declaring that tho people called upon ~ ~ ' the popular forct-s to organize themselves to venture everything against extortioners »na traitors, the meeting dispersed with cries of Moat, while on the witness-stand, wliw ia commune." There wae no disorder. CATTLE--Prime. Fair .; Common... Hoos 4J0 8.75 8.03 800 4.03 .81 .60* .32* #14.75 0 8.60 0 .88 «* M » 6.00 0 6.28 0 5.00 T£» 5.60 & 4.00 .80* ,-t .40 0 .»* IK 4.75 & 4.28 3.90 gfc 5.50 & 4.28 THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Ontliat «f the Revenue Bill that Will the Adai&iattatiilrt Support Chute* In the Uenae ht by the Elections;' Committees Postal Statistics -- Operations at Mints During the Pisosl Yean " T T-? the coimEspdffilfeil•••'• Secretary Fairchild is spending mnch of his time in studying tables of imports and customs duties and conferring with the President and Mr. Carlisle, with a view to agreeing on the items where tbe revenue ought to bo reduced. This bill, which will express the wishes of the administration, will probably provide for taking off the present tax on cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, and enuff, one-quarter of the sugar duty, all of tbe wool, lumbei^ and salt duties, and then making reductions on a considerable number of other items. This follows the general line of the Morrison bill of tbe last Congress, though that bill did not take off ithe whole wool duty. Still there are mem­ bers of Congress so sanguine that they think a bill reducing the tariff can be formed that will have Mr. Randall's sup­ port The bill that the administration will favor will propose to take off only a quarter of the suvar duties, and a little more than half the tobacco tax. But before it gets through the House it will abolish all the tobacco tax and probably take off one-half of the sugar tax. This course will leave a smaller amount to be taken off the protec­ tive portions of the tariff. The repeal of tbe special tobacco taxes and the taxes on smoking and chewing tobacco would, on the basis of last year's figures, cut off abont $14,000,000 of revenue. One-quarter of the sugar duties would be about $12,000,- 000. Here is $26,000,000. Putting wool on the free list would cut off $5,000,000 more. Lumber would dis­ pose of $1,000,000, 'and salt of less than $1,000,000. This is about $33,000,000 in all, and $37,000,000 would have to be taken off the rest of the tariff list. But taking off all tbe tobacco taxes and one-half the sugar duties would reduce the revenues $55,000,- 000, and leave only $15,000,000 to betaken off wool, lumber, salt, and all other articles in the tariff list, assuming that $70,000,000 is abont the desired reduction of the rev­ enue. The Senate will probablv demand that the reductions be confined to sugar and tobacco, or that there be no reductions at alL The total sugar and tobacco taxes amount to $80,000,000. and tbe Republi­ cans would probably consent to the'entire repeal of the sugar and tobacco taxes, and would probably prevent any legislation ma­ terially affecting the protective portions of the tariff, though the Senate may consent to free lumber and salt and carpet wool. PRECIOUS METALS. Operations of the United States Mints Dar­ ing the I'ast Year. The Director of tbe Mint, in hia nrninal report of the operations of the mints and assay offices for the fiscal year 1887, states that the value of the eold and silver re. oeived at the mints and assay offices during the year was greater than in any previous year since 1881. Tbe value of the gold deposited was $88,223,072. In addition there were redeposits of the value of $15,- 193,706. The value of tbe silver deposited and purchased was $47,756,918. In addi­ tion there were redeposits of silver amounting to $462,113. Of the gold deposited, $32,973,027 was of domestio production, $22,571,328 of foreign gold bullion, $9,396,512 of foreign gold coin, $516,984 of United States gold Bland or Mmaarl, chatnia* of the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Moaawee, eomee back. Only three of h s committee have been relegated to private life. Beagan of Texas, chairman of the Com- mittae on Commerce, is now a Senator, the senior member is Clardy of Mis- soon, but darchreaa't expect to get the chairmanship if Stand is to retain bis, and the wondeiful eagle on the silver dollar would shriek with pain if Bland were as­ signed to sny other field of usefulness. Four other members of the Commerce Committee havo been left out. The river and harbor bill did not do the oommittee that fathered it tbe service that might have been expected. Chairman Willis, of Kentucky, aria six other mem­ bers Of the committee are among the miss­ ing. The senior survivor is Blanchard, of Louisiana. Hatch, of Missouri, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, comes back, bnt seven other members of the committee are missing. Perry Belmont, Chairman of the Com­ mittee on Foreign Affairs, comes back, and is likely to bo reappointed, but six other members of the oommittee do not come back. Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, bas been retired with five other members of the committee. The senior survivor is Gen. Wheeler, of Alabama. There is some 2uestion whether the Chairmanship of the Committee on Militaiy Affairs will be given to a Confederate Lieutenant General. Herbert, of Alabama, Chairman of the Naval Committee, comes back, and only three members of the committee are miss­ ing. Blount, of Georgia, Chairman of the Postoffice Committee, comes back, but the next four Bern cerate on the list and two of the Republicans have retired. The first three members of the Committee on Pub­ lic Lands have been retried, leaving Martin Foran, of Ohio, the senior member. Mr. Hill, of Ohio, Chairman of the Com mittee on Territories, and four other mem­ bers have fallen by the wayside, and this leaves Mr. Springer, of Illinois, the senior member. POSTAL REVENUE. Figures from the Report of the Third As­ sistant Postmaster General, The report of the Third Assistant Post­ master General for the last fiscal year shows that the total ordinaiy postal revenue of the year was $18,118,273. The revenue from the money order business was $719,336, making a total revenue of $48,- 837,609. The total expenditures for the year, including actual and estimated out­ standing liabilities, amounted to $53,133,- 252, showing a deficit in the revenue of $4,295,643. In addition to tl^is there was certified to the Secretary of the Treas­ ury for credit to the Pacific Railway Com­ panies in their accounts with the Govern­ ment, being the amount earned mr tbem in carrying the mails, $1,187,027. So that the tot;»l excess of the cost of the postal service over its revenue was $5,482,770. The re­ ceipts of the year were 11.1 per cent, great­ er than those of tbe previous year; the in­ crease of expenditures was at a ratio of bnt 3.4 per cent. If these ratios should continue during the current year at its close the postal service will be practically again on a self-sustaining basis. So heavy an increase in revenue, however, says the report, is not to be reasonably ex­ pected. The estimate is that the receipta will increase at a ratio of 9 per cent, dur­ ing tbe current year, and at a ratio of 8 per cent, during the next, so that by the end of the latter the department's revenues and expenditures will not be wide apart. The special delivery system bas made considerable advance during the year, the figures indicating an increase of probably 21 per cent, over the previous year. The recommendation is made in connection with the special delivery service, that in­ vestigation be started at once to asoeitain whether the .pneumatic tube system, now iu >ncoessful operation in London, Berlin and Paris, may not economically be intro- duced into the great cities of this country coin, and «1* uawtmlul. This {•*" mokomi? »f spooUiaolivAry/ ol the fiscal year was as follows: •h • / Gold, 3,724,720 pieces; value $22,395,279. Silver, 44,2^1,288 pieces; value $34,366,- 483. Minor coins, 50,166,500 pieces; valne $943,650. In addition to the coinage exe­ cuted during the year, gold and silver ban were manufactured as follows: Gold, $58,- 188,953; silver, $6,481,611. The silver bullion purchased during the year for the Bilver-dollar coinage was 29,433,342 stand­ ard ounces of the cost of $25,988,620. The average cost was $0.98.1072 per ounce. The average London prices for the year at the average rate of exchange was $0.98.148. The number of silver dollars made was 33,266,831. Ten million nine hundred and one thousand nine hundred and twenty- eight silver dollars were distributed from the mints daring the year, and 10,500,000 transferred to the treasury. The seignorage ot the silver dollars coined during the year was $7,923,558, and on the subsidiary silver $31,704. The number of trade dollars redeemed by the Treasury of the United States under pro­ vision of the act of March 3, 1887, author­ izing their redemption, was 7,689,036. The number imported from the passage of the act to Sept. 4, 1887, was 830,501. The trade dollars redeemed have all been trans­ ferred to the mints or the assay office at New York and melted into bars ready for coinage. Tbe loss by abrasion was 40,215.- 79 standard ounces, equivalent to 45,961 trade dollars. If the trade dollars re­ deemed are coined into subsidiaiy silver the profit, exclusive of operative wastage, will be $631,574. If coined into standard silver dollars, $63,004. The mint at Philadelphia haa been taxed to its utmost capacity to exeoute the large minor coinage demanded of it in addition to the mandatory coinage of silver dollars. Notwithstanding the targe number of pieces struck, tbe demand for minor coins is still far beyond the capacity of the mint to promptly fill the orders. The expenditures for the service of the mints and assay offices during tbe year were $1,189,509. The expenses of the acid refineries were $165,837, against an earn­ ing of $143,258. The total earnings from all sources amounted to $8,842,819, and the total expenses and losses of all kinds to $1,437,432. The value of tbe gold and silver bars is­ sued from the United Slates Assay OlBoe at New York and the mint at Philadelphia for use in the industrial marts during the year was $8,895,710 gold and $4,471,646 silver. The Director estimates the stock of coin in the United States to have been on the first day of July, 1887: Gold, $569,008,- 065; silver, $342,537,916. In addition, there was bullion in the mints as follows: Gold, $85,512,270; silver; $10,455,640. Tbe Director estimates the stock of gold and silver coin in the United 8tates on Nov. 1, 1887, to have been: Gold, $574,927,- 873; silver dollars, $277,110,^ sub­ sidiary silver, $75,758,186. THE HOUSE COMAOTTEKg. Changes Wmikt In Them bjr tbe I*st Elections. The House committees have suffered very unequally in the political contests. Chair­ man Turner, of Georgia, of the Elections Committee, was re-elected, but only four other members, including two Illinois men, were equally fortunate, and ten do not come back. The Committee on Ways and Means lost its chairman and four other members, but only three members of the Appropria­ tions Committee failed to be re-elected. In the Judiciary Committee tbe chair­ man and five other members dropped out. Mr. Culberson, of Texas, is the senior sur­ viving member, but Mr. Mills, of the same State, is the senior surviving member of the Ways and Means Committee, and Texas will not have both those chairmanships. Pat Collins, of Massachusetts, comes next after Culberson in tbe Judiciary Commit­ tee, and he is one of the strongest nun in tbe House. The Banking and Currency Committee has lost its chairman and two other mem­ bers. Candler of Georgia is the senior surviving member, bnt Georgia will hard- ,iy get the chairmanship of tbe Committee mmm but by an enlarged system of tubing, for the transmission of all the great mafia be­ tween the postoffices and the various postal and railroad stations. - INCREASE OF POSTOFF1 Figures from the Report of Assistant Post­ master-General Stevenson. The annual report of First Assistant Post* master General Stevenson shows that the number of postoffices established during the last fiscal year was 3,043. The increase in the whole number of postoffices was *1,453 and the whole number in operation June 30, 1887, was 55,157. Appointments of post* masters were made during the year as fol«: lows: On resignations and commisaions expired, 6,833; on removals and suspen­ sions, 2,384; on death of postmasters, 389; establishment of new offices, 3,043. The following seven States had more than 2,000 offices on Juno 30: Pennsylvania, 4,114; New York, 3,248; Ohio, 2,834; Virginia, 2,355; Illinois, 2,266; Missouri, 2,117 ; North Carol na, 2,110. As a result of the annual adjustment of postmasters' salaries, which took effect July 1, 1887, twenty-two offices of the third class were reduced to the fourth class, and two offices of the fourth class were assigned to the third class, leaving 2,336 presidential offices. Divided into classes the numbers are as follows: First, 82; aeoond, 433; third, 1,819. The number of money-order offices in operation was 7,745, of which 610 were in Illinois, 348 in Iowa, 520 in New York, 493 in Ohio, 430 in Pennsylvania, 406 in Kansas, 362 in Michigan, 343 in Missouri, and 326 in Indiana. The largest increase in any State during the fiscal year was sixty-four in Kansas. Among the principal contract, articles consumed by the postal service were about 399 tons of wrapping twine, over 193,000,- 000 facing slips, over 60,000,000 blanks, and nearly 7,000,000 letterheads. The following recommendations are made: That tbe deposit of fifty Cents for each postoffice-box key be reduced to twen­ ty-five cents; that authority be granted and the necessary appropriation be made for paying the rent of third-class postoffices. FOREIGN MAIL SERVICE. Superintendent Bell Reports m Gratifying Increitse in His Department. Nicholas M. Bell, Superintendent of For­ eign Mails, in his annual report says that the weights of the mails conveyed from the United States to foreign countriea during the year show an increase in trans­ atlantic mails| of 10.59 peificent. of let­ ters and 12.35 per cent, of other articles. The mails for Central and South American countries show an increase of 19.21 per cent, of letters and 20.49 per cent of other articles. In some eases the mails have increased more than 200 per cent., notably in the case of Venezuela, where the increase was 216 par cent. Tbe Central American States show an increase of 36 per cent. As the greater part of the corre­ spondence exchanged with these countriea it commercial in its charaoter, the increase may be rightfully attributed to increased business relations with them. The cost of foreign mail service during the year was $437,417, of which $429,036 was compen­ sation for sea conveyance, an increase for the year of $87,447. In order to secure a more efficient mail service to Central sod South America Mr. Bell suggests a system of premiums and penalties, aside from the regular schedule of compensation. THE origin of spinning, weaving and dyeing is ascribed by the Egyptians to Synopsis of ths Annual Report - ?:• Of Postmaster Qsnsr# 1 v Vilas. Ths Bsstaess of the Festefleea ef the for the Tear. 1 I % Postmaster General Vilas, in his re* port of the operations of his department, ex* presses the belief that the time is not far dis* tant when the postage upon letters oan be low­ ered to 1 cent an ounce, with a further possibil­ ity of a diminution of the existing rates upon merchandise and other matter. The for the maintenance of the postal service by the imposition ot postage is regarded as the justest form of assessment. Low rates eon- eeded to newspapers and periodicals are amply Justified by the return in increased intelligence to the peeple. She profit arising from first- class matter makes good the losses sustained In the lower classes. On June 30 there were 1,861 thlA-class post- offices in tbe country. Of presidential offices there were 91881, the highest number In the history of the department. Tbe compensation « postmasters for tbe year was Jf3,880,8<X^ or an average of over 5 per eent. upon the previous year. There were 52,891 fourth- class offices on July 1, an increase for year of 1,643. The increase was made up by tbe es­ tablishment of 8,043 new offices and the tinuance of 1,500. Tbe new offices established were 439 less than the previous year. On July 1 the total number of postoffices of all classes was 55,157, besides which there were 013 branch offices or stations. Tbe total number of ap­ pointments amounted to 18,079, of which 6,833 were to fill vacancies by expiration of commis­ sions or by resignations, 2,58* were to fill va­ cancies by {removal or suspension, 589 by death, and 3,043 to eatabliah new offices. There were 145 fourth-class offices raised to the presiden­ tial class. The free delivery service was, during the last fiscal year, extended to eight additional cities which had reaohed the limits then required by law of f2J,000 gross receipts or 29,00 j popula­ tion, and were thus within the discretionary consideration ot the department, Their addi­ tion left tbe total number of places within tbe privileges of this system to be 189 at the end of the year. The average cost per carrier fell still below that of last year, from 8869.15 to 1867 f t , or 82L48 to each, 2.41 per cent. This was due to the larger proportion of offices in towns whioh have but two grades of carriers, and to the con­ siderable number of carriers in the lowest grade by new appointments The money-order service continued to in­ crease in volume during the past year, tbe amount in the aggregate of domestio orders issued reaching 8118,482,600,89, and of interna­ tional order 89,035,530.31; 3.2 per centum of in­ crease over the preceding year in domestio or­ ders, and 25.86 per cent, in foreign. The aggregate of postal notes issued was 811,768,- 824.81, an increase of but $5 ),814.76. The special-delivery service does not appear to have commanded much increase of patron­ age during the year. The revenue of the past year enjoyed its ohief Increase from the sale of stamps and stamped paper, in which the gain was 84,2^3,887.%-- more than 10 per cent. There was a gain of nearly 15 per cent, in the sale of newspaper and periodical stamps--over 4 per cent, better than the general rate of increase. Tbe expenditures show an apparently rising percentage of 3.4, ^vhicb, although but one-half the average of the six years ended June 30,1845, which was 6.8 per cent., yet exceeds the ratio of increase in 1886, which was but 2.6 per cent. CHARLES DICKENS INTERVIEWED. The Son of His Father Talhs Freely About Literary Matters Here aad In [Pittsburg special.] Charles Dickens, Jr., was interviewed here, and talkfd freely on literature and literary 'men. Referring to Haggard and Stevenson, he said their success was due to the fact that the people were tired of the small-beer style of writers ot the Howells and James school. He added: "I say this with all respect to the gentlemen named, but it is an obvious truth. The read­ ing public has grown weary of that sort of work, and they seise upon the originality of Haggard and Stevenson with avidity. Sir. Stevenson haB, of oourse, much of Defoe in his wording. Mr. Haggard has also a predecessor. 'Kaloolah,' which was written years ago and never made muob of a stir, bas very much of a family resemblance to 'She' and the present romantic school. These gentleman have been fortunate in their opportunities. They have bit upon tbe ttde which leads to fortune." "Do the editors of English periodicals have many offers of matter from American story and essay writers?" he was asked. "So far as I know, American writers do not endeavor to write for tbe English market They find their best market at home. In fact, I may say that wbat would do admirably for the American public would hardly suit English readers, although to a very considerable ex­ tent English writers olease Americans." "Is there much demand for poetry outside of current publications in magazines ?" "Very little. Volumes of verse are almost Without sale. There Is, however, much good work in the periodicals--work which is muob above the average of half a century ago--and for this there Is great demand." He thought tbe greatest weakness of the writ­ ers of to-day was lack of originality. They work for money instead of fame, and benoe are careless in manner and matter. Some of tbe greatest writers of all departments of literature were Americans. Newspaper literature in the United States, he said, was very fine consider­ ing tbe baste with which everything had to be prepared. ' A Letter from O'Brien. Mr. O'Brien, in a letter smnggled Tullamore Jail to a friend in Dublin, says: The substance of Mr. Balfour's letter has been conveyed to me. Mr. Balfour's statement that I pleaded weak action of the heart and delicate condition of the lungs as an excuse for not being forced to wear criminal clothes is a cruel falsehood. I aua not aware of such weak­ ness, and certainly never declared it. The medical examiners never referred to this, my only weakness being in my left lung, whioh does not trouble me at present. If Mr. Balfour is acting on the belief that my state of health renders tbe application of brnte force danger­ ous, the course be bas pursued could not be recommended on the score of humanity. For six days after committal I was subjected to constant threats of force, and pat cm breed and water diet. When this proved fruitless I was led to believe that the point would not be In­ sisted on. Thereupon my clothes were stolen. Since securing new clothes I have been unable to change them night or day, for fear of their being stolen. No official intimation has been given to relieve me of this continued strain, ibis letter ia tbe only means of vindicating myself against Mr. Balfour's foul and dishon­ oring imputations. Henceforth I shall not speak concerning my health. I do not take any nourishing food. In the face of intolerable cal­ umnies I leave it to honorable men to judge the chivalry of Balfour's false and heartless Insin­ uations. 1 CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused at the New Tork Metal Exchange by an unfavorable report from the Calumet and Hecla copper mines. The copper trans­ actions on the exchange for the last two i days amounted to between 5,000,000 and ! 6,000,000 pounds. _ - , R . -- , , T H R commission appointed by Congress lsis, by the urpets to Minerva, and by to procure a site for a new postofllce at tbe Peruviana to Copac. the wife of Manoo THB battle of Bosworth, in whioh Richard III. was defeated and killed, and Richmond won hia way to the En­ glish throne aa Henry VIL, occurred A. D. 1485. SHE that ia loved is safe, utd hs that lovea ia joyful. San Francisco report that tho $150,000 . appropriation for the purpose is insuffi­ cient, owing to the high value of real es­ tate in the city, and recommend that it bo increased to $850,000. THS flint-glass manufacturers in session it Pittsburgh adopted a new soale of wages, which will be presented to the workmen on Jan 3. The employes say they will not sign unless their association is recognized. Government of Tw«i-/ The Werk ef (for Financial Iastfta- vtleBS--Commissioner Celmaa?S Annual Report. * , .y$;v: ... / ACHUCIJLTIJKS. 4?SS>*: • Mr. Colman's Report--Progress of the Work of Exterminating; Fleoro-Pnennaoaia. The annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture says that the Governors of thirty- one States and Territories have accepted the rules and regulations of the Bureau of Animal Industry In regard to pleuro-pneomonia, and premised the assistance of local police officers to secure tbelr enforcement. In addition the Legislatures of Rhode Island, Virginia, Mew York and Illinois have enacted laws providing for eo-eperation. The worst-lnfeeted counties, tbe report says, and those from which tbere was most danger ef tbe spread of the disease-- . viz., those in the neighborhood of New York, ; Chicago aad Baltimore--have been placed in ' quarantine and no cattle allowed to leave them I without a permit issued after a special exam- « in at Ion. By this means new outbreaks have been almost entirely prevented. From the beginning of the work for the 1 eradication of this disease, in August, 1886, to :< Oct. 31, 1887, the inspectors of the bureau have inspected 15,387 herds, containing 117,480 ant- * mals, in districts where tbe plague was sup- i posed to exist Among these there were found [ 7!M infected herds, containing 10,768 miimnia, 0f ; which 2,235 were affected with pleuro-pneumo- nia. The Commissioner expresses regret at the : unavoidable loss inflicted on the farmers ot Illinois by the cattle quarantine, and adds: v "There has not been a time in years when this malady has been confined to such restriet- • ed areas as at present^ and, consequently, tbe : conditions are very favorable for its complete i eradication. If the State authorities continue their co-operation as at present, which there ia | every reason to expect, and if an appropriation \ is made by Congress equal to that of the pres- 1 ent fiscal year, and with authority fcr its simi- 3 lar^ use, it is believed that this dangerous ; plague can be exterminated by the end of the next fiscal year." The Commissioner says it in yet too early to ^ make an official statement of the results inde- } tail of the present year's experiments in the ; development of sorghum-sugar manufacture, • but that enough is known already to enable this country to anticipate an early success of the enterprise. The experiments in silk-reeling have not yet- reached the point of paying their own expenses, but that was hardly to be hoped for with a plant so limited. .Another year's experience, it is ex­ pected, will show what oan be done under fa- ; vorable conditions. The commissioner recommends that the pub­ lic printer be authorized to furnish to the agri­ cultural press ot the country, at the mere cost. of labor and material, electrotypes of such illustrations of the department as tbe editora . may desire, and that the duties of the seed division be transferred to State and Territorial experiment stations. The commissioner disap­ proves of the efforts to make his department an executive department with a cabinet minister dt its head. He says that the building of reser­ voirs among the Rooky Mountains for the storage of an Immense volume of water now wasted should command the early attention ot Congress. THE NATIONAL BANKS. Ann ial Beport to Congress of the Comp­ troller of the Currency. The annual report of the Comptroller of tbe Currency shows that the total number ot na- tional banks organized up to Oct. 31 was 3,805,. R which 625 have gone into voluntary liauida- tlon, 119 have failed, leaving in operation at that date 3,0 il. The total number of new banks formed during the last year was 223; total num- ber closed during the year, 33, of which 25 went ,v> Into voluntary liquidation and S failed. - The gross increase in national bank capital during tbe year amounted to 196,894,775, of m which $3,868,005 represents an increase of cap- v ' ital by banks existing Nov. 1, 1886. Tbere was, ; however, a decrease of capital of $6,922,45 >, of % which 84,087,450 was the aggregate capital of the thirty-three banks which went into Volun­ tary liquidation and failed, and the remainder represents a decrease of capital by banks still In operation. The net increase of capital for the year is therefore (30.572,325. On the other hand, there is a net decrease of _ 850,495,590 in the circulation represented UJr ^ bonds. Tbe decrease resulting from the sur­ render of circulation by banks still in operation is 857,770,470, and the decrease caused by banfca f going into voluntary liquidation and failing Is ; • : >l,'27«,88u, making a gross decrease of 859,044,833, # , offset by a total increase of 88,549,985, whleh- . r consists of an increase by the formation of new banks of $4,502,090 and an increase of circula­ tion by previously existing banks to the amount of 98,857,175. In tbe caaes of four of the five banks whioh failed the creditors have received principal and interest in full, and in case of the fl.th the to­ tal of dividends amounts to 81 per cent. The- total amount of money paid in dividends dur­ ing the last year is 12,100,20H; whole amount paid to creditors of Insolvent banks since the system has been in operation is $29,434,936, upon proved claims amounting to $46,938,388; total assessments on stockholders, $9,945,250, of which gross collections have amounted to $4,682,563. The Comptroller submits a codification of the banking laws. He recommends that the mini­ mum amount of bonds to be deposited by a bank as security for circulation snail be 10 per cent, of tbe capital of banks not over 1950,000,. and $25,000 for banks of which ths capital ex­ ceeds $250,000; also that the semi-annual duty on circulation be hereafter charged only on the amount issued upon bonds deposited in excess of the minimum amount as above; also that the national-bank notes be counted as apart of the lawful reserve of banks. The existing laws as to the responsibility ot officers of banks are modified by this code so as to avoid existing ouatacles to their prompt enforcement. The restriction on banks as to making loans in excess of ten per cent, of capi­ tal to any one party is modified in respect to loans upon collateral security, and the total limit is raised to twenty per cent, of capital and surplus. The provisions as to reserve upon de­ posits are modified so as not to include Gov­ ernment deposits, snd tbe provision as to State taxation of national banks is also modified. LAMAR AND THE SUPREME BENCH. The Secretary of the Interior on the Ba­ salts of the War and the State Rights Question. [Washington special to the Inter Ocean.) Within the past few days considerable discussion haa been evoked by the state­ ment that Lamar's confirmation as Justice the Supreme Court would be opposed by the Republicana of the Senate on the ground of disloyal sentiments alleged to be enter­ tained by the Secretary, rendering him a dangerous person to inject into the nation's highest tribunal. The statements of Lamar's views are based upon the following words used in the Senate in reply to Mr* Sherman, Jan. 12,1885: We o' the South have surrendered upon all questions whioh divided tbe two sides in that controversy. We have given up the rlgbtef the people to secede from this union; we nave given up tbe right of each t tate to judge for it­ self the infractions of theJ3on stitution aad the mode of redress; we have given up the right to control our domestic institutions; we fought for all of these and we lost in that controversy; but no man shall, in my presence, eall Jefferson Davis a traitor without my responding with a stern and emphatic denial. Speaking of this matter to-day and Us views upon the results of the war, Mr. La­ mar said: Without discussing the point whether X may be so fortunate as to come before tbe Senate for confirmation tor any office, I may say that I would be manifestly unfit for the bench under the present condition of things did I still enter­ tain the same view of tbe Constitution and the rights of States that I held beforj the war. But I don V nor do tbe men who participated with me In secession. We have accepted the result of tbe war and don't pretend to maintain our theories of the time regarding the sovereign rights of the States or the construction of the Constitution. LET US HATE PEACE. 4 reaes Society that Wants a Hs Millions of Dollars. The Pennsylvania Peace Society, says a Philadelphia diBpaich, has just celebrated its twenty-first anniversary. Besolutiona were adopted requesting Congress to enact a law appropriating $100,000,000 for the Jiurpose of organizing and maintaining, in ocalities where they are needed, indus­ trial manual training schools and kinder­ garten schools free to both sexes; request­ ing the President to recommend to Congress such an appropriation in lien of the urge appropriations already suggested for the support and increase of the aimy snd navy; deprecating tbe publication of reports of pugilistic encounters; favoring the exercise of suffrage without regard to sex, and the prohibition of the liquor traffic. A com­ mittee was appointed to look after Con­ gressional legislation on the establishment of an arbitration council. « ii;®1 i>. > t 1. . t . . t ; - - . . , . .